My parents arrived in New York City
in 1949.My three-year-old sister was
with them.I didn’t exist yet.They were “DPs” (Displaced Persons), refugees
from World War II.In my parents’ case,
their homeland, Latvia,
had been invaded by the Germans, then the Russians ‘liberated’ it, but they
stayed there.The same fate befell the
other two Baltic States, Lithuania
and Estonia.

At war’s end, as an “Iron Curtain” drew down on my parents
in Riga, Latvia,
they had to make a decision: stay or go?If they stayed, they would live under Communist rule.If they went, . . . ?

They left and ended up in a refugee camp in Berchtesgaden,
Germany. Yes, that’s
where Hitler’s retreat was, but that was up in the mountains.My parents lived in plain wood barracks.My sister was born there while they waited
for their opportunity to immigrate to another country.They almost were accepted by Australia,
but were finally offered a sponsorship into the United
States of America.

There were so many immigrants then that someone in the US
had to guarantee you a job and a place to live for a year in order for you to
get in.My parents were sponsored by a
family in Ohio.They were farmers.My father was a machinist and hated farm
work, but he put in a year.He had never
seen corn until the first time he fed it to the pigs.Thereafter, he called corn “pig food” and wouldn’t
eat it.

Back on the docks of New York City, my parents were amongst hundreds of other DPs.All of them had meetings, trains, buses, or
other schedules to make.A nice guy
expressed interest in my father’s gold wedding ring.He asked if he could hold it to see it
better.My father gave him the
ring.Somebody bumped into my father and
he turned to see who it was.They were
gone.When he turned back to the nice
guy and his wedding ring, they were gone, too.Welcome to the United States of America.

Hello everyone! It's the first thing in the morning, Four for Fridays! It has been a busy, busy, busy week and I'm getting behind in things. At I least I have some time this weekend to catch up. (I hope) Anyways, your questions....

1) If you could bring one thing back from the past to the present day, what would that be?

2) What is your favorite Disney movie?

3) If you were a police officer for a day, what would you do with your authority?

4) What event do you think signifies (or you identify with) the '90's?

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

A group of women were at
a seminar on how to live in a loving relationship with your husband.

The women were asked, "How many of you love your husband?"
All the women raised their hands.
Then they were asked, "When was the last time you told your husband you
loved him?"
Some women answered today, a few yesterday, and some couldn't remember.

The women were then told to take out their
cell phones and text their husband: "I love you, sweetheart."

The women were then told to exchange
phones with another person, and to read aloud the text message they received,
in response.
Here are some of the replies:

1. Who the hell is this?
2. Eh, mother of my children, are you sick or what?
3. Yeah, and I love you too. What's up with you??
4. What now? Did you crash the car again?
5. I don't understand what you mean?
6. What the f*ck did you do now?
7. ?!?
8. Don't beat about the bush, just tell me how much you need?
9. Am I dreaming?
10. If you don't tell me who this message is actually for, someone will die.
11. I thought we agreed you wouldn't drink during the day.
12. Your mother is coming to stay with us, isn't she??

Hello, my autumn angels!How are you?So sorry that I took
last week off.I had to do something,
but I can’t remember what.Even though
I’m psychic, my memory is getting bad.I
can see what’s coming, but not what’s gone.

The weather has been seasonably crisp.Good-bye summer 2013.Boo hoo.More and more trees are changing color and losing their leaves.Nature’s beauty can be so stunning, yet so
transitory.Now’s the time for burning
bushes to burn their fierce red.Now’s
the time for jumping into piles of leaves.

Unfortunately, my Screaming Psychics in the Irregular Football
League are currently in last place.On
the other hand, the Orbliterators are in first place and remain unbeaten.Speaking of this, I know, Mr. OrbsCorbs, that
is you telephoning me after each of your wins and yelling, “Booyah!”One more time, turkey, and you’re in for an
unpleasant surprise.

I keep reading and seeing stories about the latest scandal
swirling around Mr. Mayor Dickert: the possible sale of a Native American
burial mound.Talk about some bad
joojoo, even I won’t mess with Native American curses.Those are some mightily ticked off
spirits.You would be, too, if your land
and way of life were stolen from you.I
have no advice for Mr. Mayor because he never asks for it.He’s now claiming to be part Native American
himself.Which part, I wonder?Is it for sale?

The federal government is shut down because of bickering
over the Affordable Care Act.This has a
detrimental impact upon untold areas of government and society, rippling out to
the furthest reaches.Who are these
people in Washington, DC?Today, Congress has an 11% approval rating: http://www.gallup.com/poll/165281/congress-job-approval-falls-amid-gov-shutdown.aspxIt doesn’t seem to faze them in the
least.I don’t understand the people who
do these things.

Here’s a prank in a coffee shop involving
“telekinesis.”Boo!

Oh my.And I thought
I had some bad days.How can she
repeatedly scream like that?(By the
way, why do YouTube videos now start silent?They used to start with the sound on.Now I have to turn it on.)

Did you Know:It all started
in a small drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino, California in the late
1940′s. The restaurant was owned by the two brothers Richard and Maurice
McDonald’s.In 1963
McDonald’s soldone million hamburgers per dayand the same year hamburger
number 1 billion was served.Today
McDonald’s has more than 31,000 restaurants worldwide. They serve 47 million
customers daily. Revenue of around $24 billion.As a note:
Even though the McDonald’s Brother had a great franchise concept they had no ambition to take the franchise nationwide. Ray Kroc, a local sales man saw the potential in the franchise and was the driving force to make McDonalds what it is today.

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